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You Ought to Be in Pictures: Development | |
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The Rookie: You Too Can Be a Filmmaker | |
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Point and Shoot: What a Filmmaker Does | |
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Product and Process | |
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Guiding Vision | |
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The "Eyes" Have It: Looking and Seeing | |
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The Kitten Experiment | |
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Live a Little | |
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As You're Starting Out... | |
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The Film in Your Head Meets the Film You Can Make | |
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Imitation of Life: Moving Image Basics | |
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Creating the Illusion of Motion | |
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Photographic Medium | |
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Moving Images | |
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It's How You Say It: Modes of Filmmaking | |
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Narrative | |
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Documentary | |
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Experimental | |
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Built to Last: Duration | |
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It's What You Say: Telling Stories | |
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Short Film Stories | |
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Feature Film Stories | |
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Audience Participation | |
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Experience and Engagement | |
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Suspension of Disbelief | |
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The Poseidon Adventure: Let's Make a Movie | |
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All Systems Go: Ways to Make Films | |
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Institutional Filmmaking | |
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Independent Filmmaking | |
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How Most Films Get Made | |
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Development | |
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Pre-Production | |
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Production | |
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Post-Production | |
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Exhibition & Distribution | |
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The Elusive Idea: Film Ideas | |
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Write What You Know | |
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Finding Your Point of View | |
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Choosing Ideas and Developing Themes | |
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Why This Film, Why Now? | |
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That's Not the Way It Happened | |
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Writing Visually | |
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Being a "Good Thief" | |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told: Story Elements | |
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Smooth Sailing: The Seven "Cs" | |
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Character | |
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Conflict | |
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Conduct | |
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Conditions | |
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Context | |
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Crutch | |
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Configuration | |
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Making a Scene | |
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Keeping in Step: Story Outlines | |
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Something to Talk About: Communicating Your Story | |
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Pen to Page: Script | |
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Master Scene Format | |
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Split Script | |
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Thumbnail Sketch: Logline | |
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Query Letters | |
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Pitching Your Idea | |
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The Picture Writer: Communicating Your Intentions | |
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You Don't Need a Ring for This Proposal | |
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Theme: What's It All About? | |
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Goal: Why Say It Now? | |
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Audience: Who's Listening (and Watching)? | |
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The Doctor Is In: Synopsis and Treatment | |
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Synopsis | |
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Treatments | |
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Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime? Pre-Production | |
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Take the Money and Run: Paying for Your Film | |
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Pocket Protectors: Investors | |
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Sole Proprietorships | |
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Corporations (C-Corps and S-Corps) | |
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General Partnerships | |
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Limited Partnerships | |
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Limited Liability Companies (LLC) | |
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Creative Fundraising 101 | |
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Credit Card and Loan Options | |
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Media and Arts Grants | |
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In-Kind Services | |
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What to Bring to the Table | |
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The Secret Garden: Script Breakdown | |
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Reading the Blueprint: Text Analysis | |
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What You Know, What You Assume | |
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What I Meant to Say: Subtext and Themes | |
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Breaking Down Scenes | |
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Editing or Adding Scenes | |
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The Enchanted Drawing: Pre-Visualization | |
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Subject Size and Shot Scale | |
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Divide and Conquer: Shooting the Scene in Parts | |
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Outlines, Scripts, and Storyboards | |
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A Little Goes a Long Way: Symbols and Metaphors | |
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Strangers in Good Company: Your Crew | |
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Get a Grip: Crew Positions | |
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Finding Good Help | |
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Resumes and Reels | |
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Interviews | |
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Paying the Piper: Union vs. Non-Union Crew | |
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Letters of Agreement | |
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Skeleton Crew: The Bare Minimum | |
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Big Fish: Your Cast | |
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Wanna Be in a Movie? | |
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Look for the Union Label: SAG and AFTRA | |
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The Audition Process | |
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Getting the Word Out | |
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Using Your Audition Time Productively | |
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Inside the Audition | |
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Callbacks | |
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Casting | |
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Getting Written Permission | |
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The Searchers: Location Scouting | |
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The Look and Feel: Essence of Place | |
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Room to Move: Having Enough Space | |
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I Can't Hear You: Sound Considerations | |
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Power Play: Electricity | |
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Green Rooms, Restrooms, and Craft Services Areas | |
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Release Forms and Permits | |
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Making It All Work | |
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Design for Living: Production Design and Art Direction | |
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An Eye for the Details: Production Design | |
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Faking It: Sets | |
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Flats | |
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Virtual Sets | |
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Power to the Props | |
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Clothes Make the Character: Costumes | |
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Rushmore: Scheduling Your Film | |
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Timing Your Script | |
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Bits and Pieces: Breaking Down the Script for Production | |
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Juggling Where, When, Who, What | |
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All Work and No Play: A Reasonable Workday | |
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Putting Together a Shooting Schedule | |
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Making Contingency Plans | |
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Letting Everyone Know | |
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Money Train: Budgeting Your Film | |
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Lining Up: Above and Below the Line Expenses | |
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Putting Together Your Budget | |
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Big-Ticket Items | |
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Petty-Cash Expenses | |
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Accountability: Keeping Records | |
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Having Enough Money to Bring It Home | |
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Final Destination: Your Shooting Budget | |
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Ready for My Close-Up: Production | |
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The Miracle Worker: Directing | |
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Acting Up | |
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Crewing Up | |
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Who's on First | |
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ADing It All Up | |
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Productive Production Meetings | |
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Calling the Shots | |
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Through a Glass Darkly: Camera and Lens | |
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Machine in a Box: Cameras | |
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Latent Images: Film | |
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Perfs | |
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Layers | |
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Types of Filmstocks | |
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Sensitivity to Light | |
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Intermittent Motion | |
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Magnetic Fields: Analog Video | |
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Ones and Ohs!: Digital Recording | |
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Optic Nerve: Lenses | |
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Visions of Light: Cinematography | |
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Light and Shadows | |
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Qualities of Light | |
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Three-Point Lighting | |
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Qualifying Image | |
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Directing the Eye | |
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Look Like a Pro | |
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The Quiet Earth: Gathering Sound | |
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A World of Sound | |
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Read My Lips: Sync Sound | |
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Rearranging Particles and Turning On or Off | |
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Analog Recording | |
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Digital Recording | |
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Types and Placement of Microphones | |
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Don't Be Afraid of the Wild | |
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: Taking Care of the Cast and Crew | |
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The Filmmaker's Responsibilities | |
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The Way to a Crew's Heart: Craft Services | |
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Expressing Your Appreciation | |
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When You Have to Fire a Cast or Crew Member | |
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Don't Worry, We'll Fix It in... Post-Production | |
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Edward Scissorhands: Editing Your Picture | |
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The Final Cut | |
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Linear vs. Non-Linear Editing | |
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Working with a Film Lab | |
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Frame by Frame: The Editing Process | |
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Syncing Rushes | |
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Logging the Footage | |
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Pulling Shots | |
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Paper Edit | |
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Assembly Edit | |
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Rough Cut(s) | |
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Get Feedback | |
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Fine Cut | |
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Continuity Editing Makes the Story Clear | |
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Temporal and Spatial Distortions: Aesthetics of Editing | |
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Sounder: Sound Design | |
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Getting an Earful: The Art of Sound Mixing | |
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Almost Never a Quiet Moment | |
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Mainly on the Plane: Sound Relationships | |
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Make Your Own Kind of Music | |
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Mix Master | |
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Strange Brew: Special Effects | |
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From Here to There: Transitions | |
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Fade | |
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Dissolve | |
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Wipe | |
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Freeze Frame | |
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Superimposition | |
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It's Easy Being Green | |
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Computer Animation and Modeling | |
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Creepy Special Effects on Set | |
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Other Special Effects | |
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Filtering the Image | |
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Slowing Down and Speeding Up | |
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Throwing It in Reverse | |
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Safe: Titles and Credits | |
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Reading Lessons: Text That Can Appear in Films | |
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Setting the Mood: Choosing the Right Font and Size | |
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Choosing the Right Placement | |
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Timing Is Everything: Titles on the Screen | |
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The Conformist: Finishing Up | |
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Choosing a Release Format | |
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Sounding Off | |
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Matching Picture: Conforming and On-Line Editing | |
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Negative Cutting | |
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On-Line Editing | |
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Dense Area: Optical and Digital Tracks | |
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Please Release Me | |
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Shelf Life: Archiving Your Film | |
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And the Winner Is... Exhibition & Distribution | |
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Living in Oblivion: Press Kits and Publicity | |
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Spreading the Word: Press Kits | |
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Snapping It Up: Photos | |
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Frame Enlargements | |
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Production Stills | |
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Portraits | |
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Say It with Words: Synopses and Names | |
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Most Wanted: Posters | |
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Are Giveaways Worth It? | |
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Just the Facts: Press Releases | |
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Getting to Know You | |
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Everyone's Talking: Reviews | |
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Preview Copies and Screeners | |
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The Conversation: Interviews | |
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Print, Radio, TV, and Chatroom Interviews | |
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Never Too Proud to Beg: Soliciting Interviews | |
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Turning Down Interviews | |
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Prepping for Interviews | |
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The Last Picture Show: Finding an Audience | |
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Getting Your Film on the Screen | |
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Let the Festivities Begin: Film Festivals | |
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Preparing Your Entry for Submission | |
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The Art of Negotiation | |
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Inside a Film Jury | |
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Your New Best Friends: Distributors | |
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Persistence Pays Off | |
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The Graduate: You're a Filmmaker Now | |
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That's a Wrap! | |
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Brave New World of Independent Filmmaking | |
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The World-or at Least Your Next Film-Awaits | |
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Night Is Falling and the Time Is Now | |
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Appendixes | |
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Glossary | |
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Resources | |
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Index | |